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In order to promote some of the work FAO has been undertaking in partnership with civil society organizations (CSOs), the CSO Partnerships team of the FAO Partnerships and UN Collaboration Division has been putting together a small series of short publications, highlighting some of the successful collaborations of recent years. The second of the series features the partnership with the African Conservation Tillage Network (ACT)

L’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et les partenaires fournisseurs de ressources ont examiné aujourd’hui la prochaine phase du Mécanisme multidonateurs flexible, un dispositif de plus en plus performant qui permet à l’organisme des Nations Unies d’affecter rapidement des ressources là où elles sont le plus nécessaires au moment le plus opportun.

Le 23 novembre dernier 150 membres de l’Assemblée National et du Senat de la République du Congo ont participé à une formation sur les investissements agricoles responsables organisé par la FAO et l’Institut International de Développement Durable (IISD), sous l’égide de l’Alliance parlementaire congolaise pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle (APCSAN). Dans son discours d’ouverture de l’atelier, le Ministre de l’Agriculture, de l’Élevage et de la Pêche, Mr Paul Valentin Ngobo, a...

On 9 December 2021, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) signed a memorandum of understanding during the High Level Launch of “The state of the world’s land and water resources for food and agriculture: Systems at breaking point (SOLAW 2021)”, with the aim to provide a formal framework for collaboration on research, capacity development and innovation for the sustainable management of land, water, forest...

In the first week of October 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Tanzania, organized a workshop for Farmers and Forest Producers Organizations (FFPOs) in Tanzania. This workshop was part of the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Forests cover just over 30 percent of the global land area, yet they provide habitat for the vast majority of known terrestrial plant and animal species. Unfortunately, forests, and the biodiversity they contain, continue to be threatened by illegal logging and land conversion for agricultural purposes.

Rome - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Netherlands’ Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have enhanced their cooperation on innovative approaches to improve lives while safeguarding natural resources in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.  The new agreement covers a wide range of activities including improving agrifood economics; ensuring sustainable animal production and health, as well as sustainable fisheries and aquaculture; mitigating...

L’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) s’est félicitée aujourd’hui que le Fonds pour l’environnement mondial (FEM) ait approuvé quatre projets qui seront menés par la FAO dans huit pays et dont le financement total s’élève à plus de 13,6 millions d’USD. La décision avait été prise pendant la soixante et unième réunion du Conseil du FEM, principal organe directeur du Fonds, tenue en ligne.

On 9 December 2021, the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) launched FAO’s first-ever digital field trip targeted towards FMM Resource Partners - Belgium, Flanders, France, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The virtual experience brought resource partners closer to the life-changing initiatives and real-world impact that they support through the FMM.

On 9 December 2021, the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) launched FAO’s first-ever digital field trip targeted towards FMM Resource Partners - Belgium, Flanders, France, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The virtual experience brought resource partners closer to the life-changing initiatives and real-world impact that they support through the FMM.